Mr. Jim Breslin:

I can tell the committee what I know as of last week about the case in question. However, I do not want to go too far into just one case. My briefing by the State Claims Agency is that from the start it conceded liability for the non-disclosure of the clinical audit. To try in the particular circumstances of the case to reach a settlement as quickly as possible, the State Claims Agency and the laboratory agreed to reach an overall settlement with the plaintiff to allow the case to be closed.